about us

The Bamshad Lab is located in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington in Seattle. The lab is focused on understanding how evolutionary processes and demographic history have shaped patterns of genetic variation among humans, and how such variation influences differences in physical features and disease susceptibility among humans. Currently active projects are investigating the impact of natural selection and population structure on genetic variation and characterizing genetic variants influencing an assortment of health-related conditions such as birth defects, chronic diseases of childhood, and chemosensory perception.